By contrast, the gorgeous animal cave paintings in Europe represent a consistent ... but for me the stencils inspire the strongest emotional connection. Forty thousand years later, standing ...

Flintica is a fantasy artist and creature designer on a mission to mystify nature, inspire dreaming, and raise awareness of ...

The oldest representational cave painting dates from about 30,000 years ago. Most date from 20,000 years ago or less, in what's called the Upper Paleolithic era. Rocks were ground up to make ...

A fascinating new study suggests that ancient rock art in South Africa may depict a now-extinct species. According to research published in September 2024, the mysterious tusked animal in the artwork ...

Cova Dones, the cave in question, lies close to Spain’s eastern coast in Valencia, whereas most of the country’s ancient art—including the famous prehistoric cave paintings of Altamira—is ...

The existence of ancient cave paintings in Brazil have been revealed for the first time - two years after they were ...

A new study unveils the potential reason children participated in creating prehistoric cave art. In prehistoric societies, ...

Ancient cave paintings have been discovered in Rio de Janeiro's Itatiaia National Park. Preliminary investigations suggest the artwork may date back 2,000 to 3,000 years and could provide insights ...

A rare discovery of 3,000-year-old cave paintings in a national park near Rio de Janeiro offers new insights into ancient ...

Curious, he approached it—and upon entering the cave, he found the paintings. “The first reaction was concern. I had never seen a cave painting before, so I didn’t know what it was.

A cave painting on an Indonesian island is believed to be the oldest known evidence of storytelling in art, researchers said on Thursday. Scientists from Australia’s Griffith University ...